Motorcyclist airlifted after crash in Acton

A motorcyclist was airlifted to Boston Medical Center with multiple injuries Friday afternoon after a collision with a car on Great Road that scattered glass and debris across the road.

By Christian Schiavone

A motorcyclist was airlifted to Boston Medical Center with multiple injuries Friday afternoon after a collision with a car on Great Road that scattered glass and debris across the road.

The driver of the motorcycle, who was not immediately identified by the Acton Police Department, was rushed by ambulance to NARA Park on Ledge Rock Way to be airlifted. Police declined to comment on the extent of the man’s injuries.

Lt. Don Palma, a spokesman for the department, said police believe that the crash occurred shortly after 2 p.m. when the driver of a silver Volkswagen Passat, who police also did not immediately identify, was heading east and turned left into the parking lot at 427 Great Road and into the motorcycle’s path.

“It does not appear that speed or alcohol were factors at this time, but it’s under investigation by the Acton Police Department,” said Palma.

When reporters arrived at the scene, a crash reconstruction team was taking measurements around a badly battered black Vulcan Classic motorcycle, which lay on its side, a piece of its windshield nearly 30 feet away. A faint smell of gasoline hung in the air and a black sneaker and one of the Volkswagen’s hubcaps lay close to the motorcycle’s seat.

The Volkswagen sat several yards away, its rear passenger side door badly dented and the window shattered.

Officers at the scene referred all questions to Palma.

Lauri Damiani, a Westford resident who identified herself as the driver of the Volkswagen’s mother, said her son called her shortly after the accident.

“When he called he said ‘I’m fine,’” she said standing a few yards from where her son and husband were speaking to an officer in a parked police cruiser, one of six at the scene. “When I drove up he appeared fine physically.”

Damiani wondered about the motorcycle driver’s condition.

“I hope he’s going to be OK,” she said. “Motorcycles are so … there’s no protection.”

Christian Schiavone can be reached at 978-371-5743 or at cschiavo@cnc.com.